Burkina facing 'asymmetric war' says security minister Burkina Faso's Minister of Security, Ousséni Compaoré, says that the country's security forces are not prepared for the 'asymmetric war' facing the West African nation after an the 6 November ambush on a convoy transporting employees of a Canadian mining company which killed 37 people, the deadliest attack in nearly five years of jihadist violence in Burkina Faso. In the aftermath of the attack President Kaboré announced "the recruitment of defence volunteers in threatened areas". IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES